Low Summer sale prices for Russia

omg it;s awesome

How much is the Assassins Creed pack in Russian? I saw somebody post that it was only $8?!...also does it have any sort of region restrictions? or is it easy to simply have someone purchase and gift the pack between Russia and the US

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I get games from Russian steam :D

Cod mw3

449.00 RUB = 13.7229 USD

It's just unfair:)

the best price is different for every market, in west countries averege salary is usually bigger, and piracy is not so common, so people are ready to pay more for same games. Why prices are still high in countries like serbia and bosnia? I guess market is too small there to treat these countries as separate region and set different prices for them. May be they fix these problems later.

They're being rewarded for pirating.

Stop whining, the europeans are getting fucked the most when buying games on steam. For example mw3 on sale now costs $29.99 for the US region, yet it costs the same 29.99 for the EU region only in fucking euros, which is $36.56. And the price difference gets bigger when the price increases.

I don't understand why europeans should pay $36 for a game, while americans pay $29 and russians have an even more ridiculous price - $7.

Seriously what the fuck?!

Bullshit, Poland's average income is low as fuck and we have HUUUUGE prices even on sales.

i think is thing of distributors, etc...
anyway, in Spain we eat boogers xD

cuz.... € > $ > RUB

we are fucked, europeans mates ;)

omg

Also, to prevent futher tears or whining.

USA: http://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/AWI.html
National average wage index 2011: 41,673.83$ : 12 (months) = 3472.82$ || 3472.82$ * 32.71 (1$ cost in Russia) = 113595.91 roubles.

Europe: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Wages_and_labour_costs
Gross annual earnings are different over the europe: EUR 58 840 in Denmark - EUR 42 400 in Germany - EUR 4 396 Bulgaria.
58 840 : 12 = 4903 Euro. 4903 40 (1 Euro cost in Russia) = 196120 roubles.
4 396 : 12 = 366.3 Euro. 366.3 40 = 14652 roubles

Russia: http://www.mojazarplata.ru/main/srednemesjachnaja-nominalnaja-nachislennaja-zarabotnaja-plata

21353.9 roubles is an average salary per month at the first quarter of 2011. 21353.9 = 652.82$ = 533.84 Euro
Also, note that this index is bigger than reality in most of the regions, because in northern regions of Russia people get bonuses to their salaries. Real average salary is about 16 000 roubles max, which is about 400 Euro or 489$ per month.

USA or Western Europe is capable to pay 50 dollars\euro for a game. If there would be the same prices here, in Russia, only rich guys could buy games, which means publishers lose their possible incomes. And Eastern Europe... well it looks like russian companies did their work and made some contracts with Valve, where companies from your countries not.

time to find some russian friends :P

Get over it. The prices are a bit lower cents for some games, dollars for others. If you are whining over an extra 1-10% then you shouldn't be spending money on video games, you should be buying food.

Our summer prices are the same as their normal prices..

Its pretty stupid... but hey you can always get them to buy you stuff aslong as they are not RU tagged.

for me stalker = 1.5 $
WIN!
Summer sale such an awesome thing!

Because of the regional limitations, just as usual. Europeans have higher prices than US for the sale, same as usual.

I just got The Witcher 2 for £5 from someone in Russia :)

Russian Federation minimum wage 150-350$ monthly, U.S. minimum wage - 672-900$ monthly, European Union minimum wage - 168-1783$ monthly, Australia minimum wage 2425,6$ monthly.Those bloody russians with their cheap games...

I'am Russian) I like VALVe :D and VALVe like me :D

The most exciting moment in all this is that "games" (i.e. what we get on our steam account) have zero cost... Yes, there is some amount of employees working, there is taxes, payment for electricity, water, etc etc. But it's not the same as making cars or something like that. They don't use any materials or parts or anything else. This prices are almost fully subjective - they must include taxes and different payments, but it's about 20% max of that what they earn.

hahaha i live in Russia and the Americans break off.
I can help you buy the game for our prices :D

For you to know, games on CD/DVD in Russia had that prices long before Steam changed it. That caused one of biggest game publisher to be on the verge of bankruptcy. And it's fine for us, as it's very crappy one (Postal 3 was one of their many fails), with very bad localizations.

I can help you guys I have store and sell Steam-Gifts [RU Prices] & Origin with Cheapest Prices and this my Page on Facebook

And aslo on Arabic Forum

i have to pay american prices even if us mexicans earn on average 7 times less than american workers.

american teenager flipping burgers in McD >my mexican 4 year engineering degree.

so watch out! im moving to the USA to steal ur jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeerbs duuuuur ka juuurb